Staring up at Endeavors agency, Amari took in a deep breath of courage. She never thought she'd be back here, and she certainly never thought it would be to train with Todoroki's father.

The girl still honestly didn't know why he had such a change of heart all of a sudden. Maybe this was all some kind of prank to him. Although it's not like it mattered anyways, he gave her this chance so she sure as hell was going to take it.

Moving towards his office, the girl lightly knocked on the surface only to reveal the man himself, now looking down. "Bakugo, you're late."

She twisted her brow into one of annoyance, already over this man. "No, I'm not. It's only been like one minute"

Although Endeavor only crossed his arms. "Even a minute is crucial for a hero. You'll learn that soon enough."

Rolling her eyes, Amari huffed back. "You're going to be this difficult the entire time, aren't you?"

Yet the man only responded by moving past her towards the entrance of the door. That was definitely a yes. "Come, I'll take you to the training grounds."

Then he started to walk away only for Amari to hurry after him. This man, he was just going to leave her. "Hey, hold on!"

Once they stepped inside, the girl looked around only to find a couple very familiar faces, one in particular calling out to her. "Hey, isn't that the girl that challenged the boss? Why is she back?"

Endeavor stopped then, causing the girl to run into his back and groan in pain. "Everyone, I'd like you to welcome Bakugo back to the agency. I have agreed to personally train her so be on your best behavior while she's here."

At his words, everyone gasped in surprise, her old training mate Katsu now stepping forward. "What, now that's unexpected. I thought you don't train anyone other than your children?"

The man only sighed at this though, like he was half regretting his choice.. "It seems circumstances have changed. Come Bakugo."

Then he moved away only for Amari to frown at his tone. "I'm not your damn dog Endeavor. Seriously, is even it possible for you to not be rude for like two seconds?"

Katsu smirked at her rebellion although Endeavor almost seemed used to it by now, just moving over to the corner of the space silently.

Amari followed him with apprehension as the man looked down at her with disdain. "Now first things first. You need to establish some sort of control with your quirk or else you'll die instantly."

Watching her face fall, Amari gulped. "That's pleasant to think about."

Endeavor nodded his head then, letting his fire ignite the left side of his body but not his right. "The more control you have, the easier it is to use your quirk. See, I can contain my fire like this but if I wished to explode a building, then it would be just a matter of focusing, as so.."

Then as if on his word, the man let off a huge wave of inferno, bouncing against the side of the building and causing a couple trainees to gasp in surprise. Amari hated his man but she couldn't help but be in awe at the motion. How could someone be that comfortable with their quirk? She wanted to know.

He saw her look of wonder and couldn't help but smirk now pointing to her hands. "Now it's your turn. Create a small strand of gold matter without maxing out your quirk. That's step one."

Looking down at her hands, Amari frowned. She had no idea how to only use some of her power, and misstepping could cause the girl to die right away. That was one thing she didn't want. "But my body won't be able to handle it.."

Sighing back, the man replied. "That's only if you push yourself past what your body can handle. Right now you should have enough stamina to at least activate your quirk."

She knew he was probably right, but Amari was scared to take the chance. She had only ever known maxing out her strength. What if she made a mistake? Then it would be all over.

A couple minutes past as Endeavor called back to her, now seeing herself at war. "Bakugo, you have to trust yourself. You'll never get anywhere if you are too afraid to use your quirk."

Squeezing her hands shut, Amari tried to focus but only found herself thinking about her life. A couple months back dying seemed so natural for her, but now she was finally happy. Amari didn't wanna risk that. "I can't.."

Endeavor shook his head at that. "If you truly think that then you can give up right now.."

Amari shook her head though, voicing her concerns with a slight shake to her tone. "No, you don't understand. What if I use too much accidentally, what if I can't pull it back? I can't trust myself… I'm afraid, I don't want to die.."

Endeavor took in her words for a moment before answering. "Bakugo, being a hero is all about risks, but you can't save others without first being confident in your own ability. How will they rely on you if you can't even control your own power?"

Muttering to herself, the girl replied. "That's why I used those damn pills in the first place. They helped me control my weak quirk..

Yet Todoroki's father wasn't pleased. "And because of that, the way you are now, you'll never be a hero."

Widening her eyes in shock, Amari stomped her feet in annoyance. "Hold on, you said I had the potential a couple days ago! You shady ashole, were you lying!?"

Endeavor looked at it for a couple seconds before replying calmly. "No, I wasn't lying unfortunately. You do have that glimmer, but nothing will come of it if you keep acting like a child."

Amari frowned back as the man sighed, now pointing to the door next to them. She just wasn't understanding. Stubborn girl. "Perhaps I was being too ambitious. Follow me, I have something else for you."

Twisting her brow in confusion, she began to follow him towards the door. "What is it?"

Although the man only pointed once again, coaxing her to enter first. "Go on."

Amari turned her head in confusion before following his directions and pushing the door open only to be met with the outside. Why was he bringing her outside? Did that old man finally lose his mind? "What am I supposed to be looking at?"

Yet she soon got her answer when the door slammed behind her, Amari turned around in surprise and banging on the surface only to find it locked. "What, did you just lock me out?! What the hell! I thought you were supposed to help me!"

A small silence later, she heard Endeavor through the door. "Don't come back until you can run around the agency without passing out."

Turning her head in confusion. Amari huffed. "And how is that going to help?! That's not going to help me control my power. You're just making fun of me, aren't you?!"

Although Endeavor remained quiet, only speaking back one more time. "Decide what kind of person you want to be Bakugo, then I will let you back in."

The meaning was totally lost on the girl though, kicking the door in anger. "I wanna be the person that shoves my foot up your ass! You know what, fine. I'll play your stupid game and be back in less than ten minutes. Watch me."

Then she turned on her heel before running out of the alleyway and down the street as fast as possible at full speed. That asshole, she was going to get this done quickly so he could see just how serious she was.


Well that's what she thought anyway, but Amari had almost reached a third of the way when her legs gave out, sinking to the floor in a heavy pant. Her body was completely drenched in sweat, begging for her to rest although the girl knew she couldn't do such a thing. She needed to push through to make Endeavor eat his words.

Thinking back the last couple days, Amari's pills had almost completely exited her system which meant that her health had deteriorated rapidly with it. Now just running down the block was starting to become a struggle. She hated it, her and her weak quirk.

She clutched her heart that was pounding out of her chest and gave a shaky exhale, not understanding why Todoroki's father was making her do this. She honestly didn't see the purpose. Maybe he was just messing with her after all..

Just then, she heard someone call to her from above. "Ah look, it's a dead person."

Grumbling to herself, Amari huffed and turned her head up only to find Shinso staring back at her in confusion. "Shut up, I'm not dead. Wait, Shinso? What are you doing here?"

She shakily tried to get to her feet as Shinso leaned down to offer his hand. "I should be asking you the same question. What are you even doing? Here.."

Amari grasped it before pulling herself up and brushing off her pants. "I'm supposed to be training with Endeavor but honestly I think he's just playing with me. Now that I think about it though, that sounds like something he would do."

Shinso nodded his head in understanding before pointing to a nearby cafe to their left. "Sounds rough. You wanna ditch for a while?"

She looked at the cafe before slowly smirking. That bastard could live without her for a couple hours. He wasn't even watching her train anyways. "You know what, yeah. Let's go.."

The boy smiled under his breath then, leading the way to the cafe as he ignored the nervous energy in his stomach.

He knew this wasn't a date but it had the same energy somehow.


After they sat down and ordered their drinks, Amari huffed in annoyance. "I just can't believe him. He tells me he wants to train me and a second later throws me on my ass without any explanation. What the hell is wrong with him?"

Sipping his drink, Shinso replied. "I can never tell what's up with that guy. He always seems really intimidating. Having him as a father must have been hard."

Nodding her head, Amari recalled all of Todoroki's terrible stories before slamming her fists on the table. "Exactly! He's impossible! I mean, as a person I still think he's a jerk but since he's the number one hero now I at least thought he would be okay in that sense."

She then grumbled to herself. "I don't understand what he's saying. He wants me to use my quirk but if I make one little mistake, it's over, I'm dead, I mean literally dead. Why can't he understand how scary that is for me?"

Her eyes saddened as Shinso took in her words. This girl had it the hardest out of everyone and yet she was still pushing herself to be a hero regardless of the risks. "Does that mean you're going to give it up? Because that certainly doesn't sound like the Amari I know."

Frowning back, Amari replied. "No of course not. I still want to be a hero but I'm just not confident in my quirk. I just wish it was stronger, like Katsuki's, but that's not what the universe decided."

Shinso frowned at that, not agreeing with her statement. "It's pointless to wish for what you can't have. I think I know more than anyone what having an unwanted quirk is like. Do you think I wanted a villain quirk? No, that's what the world gave me so I have to accept it."

Amari didn't like his words either. "Oh please, you don't have a villain quirk. The universe gave you that quirk for a reason, and I think it's pretty badass, so stop saying it's lame.."

This caused his face to curve up into a small smile. "I'll stop when you stop."

Widening her eyes in realization, Amari huffed, slapping the boy on the shoulder. She hated that he was right. She was being hypocritical. "You did that on purpose, didn't you?"

He only shrugged his shoulders though, smirking back. "Possibly."

Amari shook her head in exasperation then. "Alright I get it. But we aren't the same Shinso. You're quirk won't straight up kill you. I've been fighting mine ever since I was born…"

Just then, she stood speaking, the words hitting into her all at once. That's right, she hated her quirk ever since she was a child, rejecting it with everything she possibly could. She even tried to use those pills to force herself to become stronger. Maybe that's why her control was so weak, because she never accepted her quirk as her own...

Then she recalled Endeavor's words to her before she left. He told her to decide what kind of person she wanted her to be. So that was it..

Nodding her head in understanding, Amari spoke back. "Crap, that jerk was right. I can't be a hero like this.."

Not really fully understanding, Shinso called out. "Like what?"

Narrowing her eyes, Amari replied. "All this time, I thought I was on the right path when I was really just lying to myself. Those pills didn't make me stronger, they only made me pretend and ignore my weaknesses.. Now I know what Stain meant back in Hosu when he called me a fake hero with dirty blood.."

Just then, she stood up from her chair, as Shinso looked at her with confusion. Amari?"

Although the girl only laughed to herself. "So that was it all along? I can't believe I didn't realize it before."

Then she turned to Shinso before smiling warmly and wrapping her arms around him in a suffocating embrace. "Oh Shinso, you beautiful beautiful boy, I get it now! Thank you so much for waking up my stupidity. I know what I have to do now..."

Breaking out a gasp in surprise, the boy ripped his arms away from her, willing the red hue in his face to dissipate before he responded. "Hey, what are you doing!? I think I woke up your crazy also. Get off of me short stuff!"

At his fake disdain, Amari pulled away. "Oh, sorry. I got a little too excited."

Brushing his arm off, Shinso coughed back in a nervous demeanor. "Uh huh, Now do you wanna tell me why you're so jumpy all of a sudden?"

Amari nodded back before throwing money on the table and pointing behind her roughly. "Would you go somewhere with me? There is something I have to do."

Shinso thought for a moment before replying, already standing from his seat in confusion. "Uhh sure?"

Yet Amari only smiled back, a knowing look on her face now.


Shinso let Amari drag him down the street a couple blocks before they reached a nearby hair salon on the corner. What were they doing here? "Are you dragging me to your errands now?"

Although the girl only shook her head, entering the salon quietly before staring in the mirror before her. "Endeavor was right. How I am right now, if I stay like this I'll never be a hero. I can't hide behind pills or fake strength anymore. Something has to change."

Then she sat down in the chair next to her before smiling towards Shinso and pointing to herself. "This is the face of someone that became a hero for the wrong reasons. Now, I'm going to become one for the right ones. This Amari can no longer exist, she has to change."

After that, the hair dresser got to work and when she was finished, Shinso gasped in surprise as Amari stared back at him.

Her hair was no longer to her chest but rather cut into an angled length that reached a little before her shoulders. If she didn't look like Bakugo before, then she sure as hell did so now. "What do you think?"

Staring at her face, Shinso couldn't help but feel his chest lighten in response. He had never seen Amari look so free, so comfortable with herself. "You look beautiful."

Widening her eyes in surprise, Amari leaned forward before slapping his shoulder playfully. "Oh stop, I thought you were going to make a backhanded compliment like usual. Don't surprise me like that you jerk!"

He rubbed his arm which had become sore with her hit and sighed. "I still don't understand, why does cutting your hair have to do about being a hero?"

Thinking back for a minute, Amari smiled, now touching the strands. "A long time ago, a little girl wished to be a hero for the wrong reasons, refusing to love herself because the world didn't give her what she thought she wanted. That girl was a fake."

Then she looked down for a moment before continuing. " Right now, I still don't fully love myself but in the time it takes for my hair to grow back, I want to finally be proud of calling myself strong. This time not for power or strength, but because I want to show others that anyone can be a hero, even me."

Shinso listened to her words and felt an overwhelming sense of pride from her. This girl was openly admitting her weaknesses and faults when just a couple months ago she was pushing herself to exhaustion because she thought she wasn't good enough.

This must have been really hard for her to admit and Shinso honestly didn't know if he could've done such a thing. She was truly amazing. "If anyone can be a hero, then it's you Amari."

Looking down at her hands, the girl smiled to herself, hoping one day that she would be able to love herself and her quirk enough to fully use her power.

That was her dream, and the process was just beginning.


Moving back up to Endeavors agency, Amari pushed open the door without knocking and found the man seated at his desk. "Bakugo? I half expected you to give up or quit by now.."

Although Amari only shook her head, balling her fists before replying. "I get what you were trying to say. You made me run those laps to show me how to control my stamina didn't you? Back then, you were helping me. Sorry I yelled at you..."

Looking down at his desk, Todoroki's father didn't reply although Amari already seemed to know the answer. Maybe this man did know what he was talking about. "Listen, I know the way I am now I'll never be a hero, that's why I want to change. I want to become someone that people can rely on. Will you help me?"

Endeavor sighed heavily then before standing up from his seat and moving over to the girl. At first she expected him to flat out reject her offer, that is until he lifted out his hand for her to shake. "There is that tiny glimmer again…"

Amari's face began to light up then, realizing that he saw potential in her before shaking his hand firmly. "Thanks Endeavor. Although, this still doesn't mean I like you as a person.."

Nodding back, Todoroki's father smiled under his breath, her sass kind of growing on him the tiniest bit. "The feeling is mutual Bakugo."


It had been a couple weeks since her understanding with Endeavor and they two seemed to have a mutual respect for each other, which was really saying something considering they both didn't really like each other as people.

Staring up at the ceiling in her dorms, Amari reached her hand upwards and sighed to herself. She knew she had to activate her quirk sometime but the very notion scared her.

She turned her hand back and forth, thinking about the gold swirling in between her fingers lightly before giving up and placing it back down. It was useless, she couldn't do this right now.

Then she grunted to herself before lifting her hand back up. This couldn't defeat her, she had to believe in her own power, she had to believe in herself. It was now or never.

Closing her eyes for a moment, Amari flipped the switch in her mind absentmindedly only for her palms to heat up in a newfound warmth, a clear sign that her mind quirk was materializing.

Then she focused her power into just her finger tips, swirling them around to create an effect and the heat lifted into the area all the once.

Letting out a small breath of anxiety, she chanted in the back of her mind all at once. Just a little, not too much. Just like Endeavor said, just a small strand. Don't overdo it.

The heat dissipated then and when Amari opened her eyes, she gasped at the gold swirling matter between her finger tips. It was lightly colored and dull but it had materialized nonetheless. She did it.

After a couple seconds Amari felt her breath shorten and immediately turned off her quirk, the light diminishing in her hands as she huffed out a breath. She was seemingly tired now but not dead, that was a start.

Covering her mouth in excitement, the girl waited to calm her breaths before racing down the dorm hallways and banging on Katsuki's door.

She heard him grumble a second later, shouting back. "Who the hell..?!"

Although his eyes softened when he saw his sister breathing heavily in front of him. "Amari, what's wrong?! Ah hell, you're not feeling sick are you?! Come on, I'm taking your ass to the hospital right now.."

He started to touch her arm when Amari pulled back, now huffing out a breath. "Let go of me Katsuki, that's not it..Look!"

Then, she evened her breaths before trying the same technique again, causing her brother's eyes to light up in surprise as the gold matter swirled between her fingertips.

Dropping her hand again, Amari clutched her heart before feeling a pool of sweat on her brow. "I did it...Katsuki I did it...I used my quirk without the pills.."

Standing in absolute shock, Katsuki looked down at his sister before letting out his own breath of awe. He couldn't help but be proud of the girl in this moment, and felt himself choke up at the slight emotion it gave him. He thought he would never see the day. "Damn Amari, you really did.."

Amari smiled back before grabbing onto his shirt roughly, a small tear coming to her eyes at the thought.. "Does this mean I can be a hero too?"

Bakugo eyes widened then, fully realizing where he last heard those words, it was back when they were kids and when Amari first got her quirk.

Back then, the boy wasn't so certain but now, now he could answer her question without a doubt in his mind. "Of course you can, nerd."

Amari nodded her head then, racing forward and hugging her brother in relief as he wrapped his arms around her silently in the dorm entryway knowing one thing..

The Bakugo Dream Team were going to be the best heroes of them all.


You see what I did there in the last scene? Heh. The dialogue is the same as Ch1 where Amari first gets her quirk as a kid, expect now, now Bakugo has the answer and the love to give her in response. We go full circle here heh.

Amari is growing up and maturing. I'm so proud. The hardest thing for the person to do is admit that they are flawed and have weaknesses and she did just that. It's the first step to wanting to change…

Next Chapter: S4 so we are getting back into the anime!